Comments on: The Derby Top Ten (Updated)http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/the-derby-top-ten-updated/908/
National and local horse racing newsSun, 02 Aug 2015 17:04:25 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: mark mhttp://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/the-derby-top-ten-updated/908/comment-page-1/#comment-624
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:55:15 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-624i wouldn’t count out larry jones and his 1 and 1A — Old Fashioned and Friesen Fire. Old Fashioned got caught chasing early speed (23 and 46) and was well clear of all other horses but the 56-1 winner, who won’t do anything again. we’ll see after this saturday. i’d like to see another race out of Friesen Fire, though, tuff to train up to the derby.
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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:49:44 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-623So Cal jim checking in again, wishing Thunderstormer and my other Capitol District touts a profitable year of handicapping.

It appears- and Tim and Mike can correct me here- that all the top 10 horses for the Derby this year are either from Florida or California.

What gives? Well, SoCal gives aplenty, as we noticed that there are no NY circuit horses in the top spots, so we decided to loan you I Want Revenge for a couple of Aqueduct races to class up the fields for you this year.

But all seriousness aside, can anyone hope to beat I Want Revenge come May 2nd? Pioneer of the Nile and Chocolate Candy look serious, but they doesn’t help you guys since they too are SoCal monsters. The other nice horses reign from Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and the rest of the soft underbelly of the nation’s racing circuit. Is there a NY circuit colt out there that will even pass the entry box to the Derby?

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Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:26:04 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-622Mark: the Pamplemousse was scratched because of a soft tissue issue in one of his legs. The TU did have results of the Ill Derby and Santa Anita Derby, they were on page 2 in the bottom right hand corner…
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Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:38:28 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-621thanks for the kind words mustache&goldchain. this 3-year-old group might not be getting as much attention because there is no one like Rick Dutrow to pump up his horse like rick did with big brown. quality road is a quality animal. pioneerof the nile has shown he can handle the fake track out west. and we will have to see what larry jones’ horses do (old fashioned runs saturday in the arkansas derby) and freisan fire will train up to the derby. and of course, we have seen an intersting runner in I Want Revenge, who had a bangup race in the Wood. it could be an intersting group. who do you like?
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Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:42:36 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-620Hi Tim…really enjoy your blog – one of the most insightful in the country.
I don’t know. To me — this derby field is less than scintillating. How do you think it measures up to derbys past? Is this 3 year old crop shaping up like last year’s?
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Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:23:32 +0000http://blogs.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=908#comment-619what, no Musket Man! I thought he looked solid in the Illinois Derby. And i wasn’t impressed with pioneerof the nile, looked awkward on backstretch, didn’t beat much, plus ran on plastic stuff. what happened to pamplemoose? i still like old fashioned, dunkirk, and friesen fire, but i want revenge looked awesome coming back and bolting thru small opening. i hope dunkirk gets in. and why didn’t the tu cover any of the preps except the wood, which tim went to? illinois derby and santa anita were shown live on nbc.
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